Clearlake man arrested on sexual assault charges

CLEARLAKE -- Police arrested a Clearlake man Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting a woman who was brought to the hospital after being found lying alongside a city street, a department spokesman announced.

Scott Coleman Anderson remains in custody at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility on four felony charges.

Clearlake Police officers were dispatched to St. Helena Hospital, Clear Lake around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of a 51-year-old woman, possibly a sexual assault victim, at the facility, Sgt. Nick Bennett stated.

Investigators determined she was brought to the hospital after a passing motorist found her down on the ground near Arrowhead Road and Colusa Street, according to Bennett.

Initial investigation by Officer Brad Middleton indicated the woman was at an Arrowhead Road home when a male occupant began making sexual advances toward her, Bennett stated.

"When she resisted those advances, he forced himself on her and sexually assaulted her," the sergeant added.

The woman ultimately escaped from the home and fell to the ground a short distance away, where the passing driver found her, according to Bennett.

Detectives later took over the investigation and obtained information that led to the arrest of Anderson, who lives on Arrowhead Road, Bennett stated.

Anderson, 48, was booked into the county jail on charges of rape by force, oral copulation, sexual penetration with a foreign object and sexual battery. His bail is set at $100,000.

The Lake County Rape Crisis Center provided pivotal assistance in the case, according to Bennett.